How does one say: "Happy Birthday!" in Khudzul? I will appeal to mystery. Happy birthday, John Rhys-Davies.

My estranged father picked my brother and me up for a weekend in '77 and took us to see Star Wars. He made a huge deal about us getting our potty break(s) in before the film because he wasn't about to miss any of the movie taking us to the facilities. And he'd *already* seen the film!

Who could say "No" to grapes and whipped cream on a hotdog bun??? I'll have to pass on this lunch today! 😆

Did Marcel Duchamp have a hot ass?

Favorite New Pastime: • Going to store. • Finding tons of cool stuff. • Putting cool stuff back while friend is waiting in line for the only @#$% cashier.

I need Miranda Priestly to give me a stern dressing down on the crucial fashion throughline from Tina Turner to David Bowie vis-a-vis Big Eighties Hairdos 'n stuff.

"Orbán" and "Don" both rhyme with "gone" right?

Some days ...

Deviled eggs are just one way humanity has found to totally yuck a natural yum.

So many puppy obits!

That Vlad Putin and his April Fools' Jokes!

It's John Astin's 96th birthday? I sense ... a presence ...

Happy International Puppy Day to those who celebrate.

Happy belated to those who celebrate.

Hack the test and turn away. Imagine Starfleet cadets behaving in that way? Happy 95th birthday, William Shatner!

The announcement "Shaka won't trade Rice" sent massive reverberations through my Sid Meier's Civilization Fantasy Football League this week.

Seen online today: A person offhandedly explaining how their grandmother likes anything that reminds her of ... Legend of Zelda?

Zachary Taylor Dominates 'Looks Like Jeffrey Epstein' portion of Inaugural United States Presidents Beauty Pageant (After Bikini Round Debacle)

Benson Honeydew is far more terrifying than Alf.

I know Feng shui?

Quarreling with your partner over how the new vet has the gall to charge extra to collect a urine sample? Expensive. -vs- Finding out your partner was only *assuming* the vet charged extra, but let yesterday's 100% unnecessary fight rage on without ever revealing their assumption? Priceless.

Moving from one husk to others ... Tomatillos, husked. Two pounds (-/+) to make the chili verde. At least one fresh jalapeño seeded, etc. Taste-tester described the dish as "bright yet warm" and then smothered it in cheese.

Someone (else) in the house is watching a show called The Beauty, which is apparently about people being terrorized by some villainous dude wearing a hard-boiled egg slicer as a monocle. Which immediately sent me to this ...

"We don't doooOOOooo pronouns! Blech! Ptooey!" -vs- Reverential capitalization of the 'h' in 'He/Him' since some time in the 19th century.

Sobering Thought for the (Who) Dey: The Steelers, Ravens, and Browns have yet to interview the head coach that the Bengals will lose the AFC North to next year.

"Used" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

Nobody knows more about protecting the ball bigly than C.J. Stroud does.

The Clientele. I Am Not There Anymore. Or, What It Might've Sounded Like If Horrible Stumper Had Unexpectedly Left Her Copy of 'Actung Baby' with Great-Uncle Magnus Pringle? ... Top notch throughout. All sorts of twists and turns. 'Blue Over Blue' is an early favorite. All I ever do is rave.

Call me old-fashioned, but I'll ALWAYS punt on 4th down deep in my own side of the field down 3-14 in the first half.

Venezuepstein?

Two most recent Near Meal Objects (Ramsey 122826 and Child 122826) with orbits that nearly put them into the latest pot of stewed Great Northern Beans. This (g)astronomer sorts most scrupulously, however. Tragedy averted.

New Xmas Tradition: Opening up all the windows and letting the balmy late December air freshen up the house.